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New Live Tiles on Windows are at Build conference shown

Mar

29

2016

Microsoft will demonstrate during the Build session enhancements for Live Tiles on Windows. Probably involves interactive versions of the information tiles, though there is little specific information available.

The content of the presentations during Build, a developer conference to be held later this month, to be played, online put . It discovered MS Power User Microsoft will show a new version of its Live Tiles interface. Microsoft speaks of both improvements to the notification system as Live Tiles, but give few concrete details.

There are two frequently requested new features, but what they are is not known; Microsoft speaks of a surprise. It is likely that the tiles will show more information and will be interactive. Furthermore, Microsoft to come up with an improved API for Toasts, the notification system in Windows. This should give developers more flexibility in making notifications for their applications.

Live Tiles are already a number of years the main interface element of the Windows operating system, both on desktop and mobile. Microsoft is also some time trying to improve the feature; about a year ago, the company promised to come with interactive tiles. One of the possibilities of interactive Live Tiles is adding buttons for frequently used functions. As tiles for a messaging application might have a button for typing a response, while a tile for an alarm just might get a snooze or dismiss button.